"It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories."
― Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Wisdom
― Georg C. Lichtenberg
More From Georg C. Lichtenberg
- "We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing."
- "God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."
- "What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don’t deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don’t we just as often draw the wrong ones?"